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the presiding officer: does any senator present wish to vote or change their vote? seeing none, on this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays, 46. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. the point of order is sustained. the amendment fails. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manch in manchin: i call upt 2908. the presiding officer: the clerk will report.

the clerk: the senator from west virginia, tore himself and others, present amendment number 2908. mr. manchin: i ask to dispent with the -- dispense with the reading of the amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. manchin: i rise to submit this amendment with my good friend, senator toomey. the presiding officer: the senator will suspend. the senate will be in order, please. please take your conversations off the floor. mr. manchin: mr. president, as a law-abiding gun owner, i can assure you that basically i have been taught not to sell my gun to a stranger, not to sell my gun to a criminal and not to sell my gun to someone who is severely mentally ill. that's how we were trained and that's how most american law-abiding gun owners have trained. all this bill does, does not infringe on the rights of a personal transaction. the only thing this piece of legislation does, it closes the loophole at commercial transactions, such as a gun show and internet sales. i don't know if that person's a credit. i don't know if that person is

severely mentally ill. i just don't know that person. i was taught not to sell to that person or give to that person unless i knew them. this is the most commonsense, supported by a majority -- overwhelming majority of americans and an overwhelming majority of american law-abiding gun owners in america. i urge all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on this bipartisan legislation to please support this. it's basically something that's long, long overdue and these tragedies that continue to happen. mr. grassley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: on this side, we yield back all of our time. and, mr. president, as well, the pending amendment number 2908 contains matter that is not within the jurisdiction of finance or help committees and is extraneous to this important bill, h.r. 3762, the reconciliation bill. therefore, i raise a point of order against this measure pursuant to section 303-b-1-c of

the congressional budget act, 1974. mr. manchin: mr. president? mr. president, pursuant to section 904 of the congressional budget act of 1974, i move to waive all applicable sections of that act for purposes of the pending amendment, and i ask for the yeas and naysmen nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk shall call the roll. vote:

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the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? seeing none, on this vote, the yeas are 47, the nays are 50. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. the point of order is success staininged anstaining -- sustaie amendment fails.

the senator colorado. mr. bennet: thank you, mr. president. i would like to call up bennet amendment 2907. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator colorado, mr. bennet, for himself and mr. sanders proposes an amendment in my judgment 2907. mr. bennet: thank you. this amendment will help improve access to care for veterans across the country and fill a huge unmet need that provides funding to hire more doctors and mental health professionals to serve our veterans. it will also help improve v.a. faults by supporting upgrades in minor construction projects. all across the state, we have shortages of physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, particularly in rural areas like alamos. we also know all too well in colorado that much more accountability is needed within the v.a. and we'll work to

improve a bureaucracy that's plagued bein access to quality . the 400,000 veterans in colorado and across the nation deserve the best care we could offer. they deserve what they've been promised. this amendment is fully paid for. i urge my colleagues to vote "yes" on this amendment. i yield the floor. mr. enzi: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. i commend my colleague from colorado for working to advance the needs of our veterans. however, senator bennet proposes a $20 billion increase in spending paid for by a tax increase. i believe the problem with washington's finances that our government spends too much and lives outside its means. i'm continually working to put our country's finances 0en a sustainable path so that more americans can keep more of their hard-earned money. what we don't need is higher taxes and we don't need bills that go through the proper committee.

congress continues to reject this one-sided tax policy. washington already takes $3 trillion per year from the american public, which is more than enough to fund necessary government functions provided we get through the regular process. so i urge my deletion oppose this and, mr. president, i pending amendment number 2907 would cause the underlying legislation to exceed the authorizing committee's 302-a allocation with new budget authority or outlays. therefore, i raise a point of order against this measure pursuant to section 302-f of the congressional budget act of 1974. mr. bennet: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator colorado. mr. bennet: first i say through the chair, thank you to my colleague from wyoming for his kind word about our efforts with respect to veterans. pursuant to section 094 of the congressional budget act of 1974, i mu o. $i move to waive all ally pplicable sections of

that act for the purposes of this amendment. i asker not yeas and nays. the presiding officer: sufficient you have? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: a vote:

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the presiding officer: has every senator in the chamber voted or does any wish to change his or her vote? seeing none, on this vote, the yeas are 47, the nays 52. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. the point of order is sustained.

the amendment fails. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: next up, of course, will be the paul amendment. then i ask unanimous consent that following that, the next amendments in order be the following -- cardin number 29, 13, coats number 2888. the presiding officer: is there objection? seeing none, without objection. mr. paul: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: i call up amendment 2899. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from kentucky, mr. paul, proposes amendment number 2899. mr. paul: i ask that further reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. there are two minutes equally divided. mr. paul: mr. president, we spend hundreds of billions of dollars defending our country, and yet we cannot really truly defend our country unless we defend our border. my bill would place pause on issuing visas to countries that are at a high risk for exporting

terrorists to us. my bill would also say to visa waiver countries that in order to come and visit, you would have to go through global entry which would require a background check. i would urge senators who truly do want to defend our country to have increased border security by voting for this amendment. thank you. mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i hate to say this about my good friend from kentucky, but this is a bumper sticker kind of amendment. it says to keep us secure, it would stop even tourists from visiting this country for at least 30 days. it would say if you have a relative who is dying in this country, you have got to call up and say look, don't die for at least 30 days because i can't come over and say goodbye to you. some -- our -- probably our closest ally in the middle east, jordan, it stops us from issuing

visas there. it doesn't -- it doesn't make us safer. it kills our tourist industry. it damages our economy. but most importantly, it makes the rest of the world look like we're cowering in our shoes. i don't want to do that, so i -- i raise a point of order that the pending amendment violates section 314-b-1-c of the congressional budget act of 1974. mr. paul: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: pursuant to section 904 of the congressional budget act of 1974 and the waiver provisions, i move to waive the applicable sections of the act and applicable budget resolutions for purposes of amendment numbered 2899. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be.

is there a sufficient second? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i understand that there is going to be a request to make this a 60-vote margin. if that's -- if i am correct in that understanding -- i believe i am -- i would withdraw my point of order.

mr. enzi: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: i ask consent that there be a 60-vote threshold for adoption of this amendment. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the question is on the amendment. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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